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11-01-2009, 12:16 PM #1
Natural in box
This is the stone I bought together with the Yellow Lake oilstone. The dimensions are 19 x 4 cm and comes in a Meranti box. I bought it as a natural stone of unknown origin, but on arrival a thick layer of oil made me think it was a barberhone. Fortunately lapping revealed a natural stone underneath the oil.
The surface feels smoother than my Rozsutec and Yellow Lake oilstone, both around 10k, but coarser than a Chinese natural. The slurry is light gray and already appears after a few strokes.
Right after this stone I went to my leather strop and shaved. It was a decent shave but not as comfortable when I shave off of the Chinese natural.
Based on the pictures in the hone database I think it could be an Escher, what do you think?
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11-01-2009, 12:52 PM #2
Based on the box it looks like a Scottish hone. If under a bit of magnification you see speckles of white and gray or blue I would figure a Tam 'O Shanter. IME an Escher would give you a finer edge than a Chinese natural. Not sure what you have though.
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11-01-2009, 01:00 PM #3
The stone has no speckles, it does have a wavy pattern barely visible in the photos.
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11-01-2009, 06:05 PM #4
Sounds a little similar to mine: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-d-please.html
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11-01-2009, 06:14 PM #5
When you say "feels smoother" do you mean when honing or when touching it with your finger.
And when you get slurry, is that with a razor or with a slurry stone?
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11-01-2009, 06:42 PM #6
It may very well be the same type of stone m0isty. Color is similar although mine seems lighter and both have dark spots and vague lines.
I use my finger to run back and forth over the surface. I can feel a difference in resistance and I can also hear a difference in pitch. I have honed a razor on it coming off of the Yellow Lake oilstone. That felt like a small step up in grit but the slurry albeit light may have influenced the result.
I just sprayed the surface with water and after about 10 strokes I noticed a light slurry developing. I don't get that with other naturals iirc.Last edited by Piet; 11-01-2009 at 06:46 PM.
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11-03-2009, 11:27 AM #7
Here's a close up of the spots in the middle, a 3 x 3 cm surface.
The top stone in this post looks a lot like mine http://straightrazorpalace.com/228427-post8.html, which is described as a vintage Escher-type stone.
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11-11-2009, 11:50 PM #8
For comparison some pics of one of mine that looks similar. It is a NOS Thuringian.
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